Combined couch and bath-tub.



W. G.'JAMES.

COMBINED COUCH AND BATH TUB. APPLICATION FILED we. 2, 1906.

Patented Oct. 2-8, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD 0. JAMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of LosA'ngeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Combined Couch and -Bath-'Tub, of which the following is a specification.

It is of the objects of. this invention to provide an article offurniture embodying the-conveniences of a couch or bed, a bathtub,commode, 'and toilet appliances, each of which maybe used -pendently ofthe other, and in which the will be concealed when the furniture is inposition for use as a couch or bed.

from the subjoined detailed description.

- the invention.

ture closed for use as a bed or couch. Fig. 2

opened to commode. showing the box by a shiftable hinge. Fig. 4 is adetail showing the construction atthe front right hand corner in Fig. 2.Fig.5 is a plan detail of the front left corner,-the front-closed andthe lid raised. 1 p t 1 in ajgeneral way designates a box having a floor2, end walls 3, 4;, back wall 5, front wallfi, and lid 7. The floor 2does not come flush with the front ends of the .end walls, butterminates rearward therefrom a distance approximately equal to thethickness of the front wall 6, and said front wall is hinged to thefront edge of the floor 2 ofthe box, and its ends 71 are beveled to fitthe ends 8. of the end walls 3 and 4 which are mitered to fit thebeveled ends of the front Fig. 3 is a fragmental detail the front sideof the box.

9 is a catch to hold the front wall of the.

box .in upright position for closing the same.

.10 designates hinges by which the front wall 6 is hinged to the floor2.

11 designates a bath=tub in the box 1.

12 is a rim inside the box atthe level of the bath-tub to close over thespace between the bath-tub and the walls of-the box. The bath-tub isprovided with a' sloping or slanting head 13 asin theusual-construction, and

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separately and indepresence of the bath and toilet appliances Theaccompanying drawings illustrate? connection of the lid with the secification oil-otters rat n Patented Oct. 28, 1913. Application filed'Ang'ustZ, 1996. 'Serial 1705828374. 3

14 designates-the space underneath said sloping portion between the sameand the head end of the'bo'x. 15 is a. shelf in said space to receive ablacking-brush or other appliances. 4

'16 is a receptacle between the foot end wall 4 of-the box and the foot,of the bath-.

sam being adapted to receive towels, wash-cloths, and the like. Thelid.7

may be upholstered as at '17 to form a couch 'orbed,

and "the lid is preferably hin ed to theend walls of thebox by shiftinghinges 3, which are conto bring the rear 18 shown in-detail in Fig.struc't'ed t shift the -lid edge 19 and the upholstered surface 20approximately flush with the rear edge of the box when the lid is inclosed and-open p'o- Other objects and advantages may appear Q sitionsrespeetively.

21 is a'oo'mmo'de drawer tacle 22 in which-a commode ja'r23-may beplaced. Figure 1 is a. view of the article of furn'i- 5 24 is aperforated seat, and 25 a cover thereforhin'g'ed at 26 to the-commode'drawer 1s a view of the same article of f'nrnitureg give access to thebath, tollet, and

and adapte to be closed down upon the perforated seat 24550 as to coverthe perforatio'n when the commode drawer is slid into the receptacle-'27formed in the end of the-box at the foot of the bathtub to receive thecommode drawer.

The wall 28 of the receptacle 16 forms aclosure for the front of thecommode drawer when said'drawer is pushed into the recep tacle 27. Thelid 7 may be provided with a towel-rack29, a mirror 30, and a swingingsoap-dish 31, so that'wh'en the lid, 7 is raised the person us'i'n' thebath will have appliances at ban for performing his bath and toilet. Y Y

32 is a strip of carfpet on the inside of the hinged front wall 6 the'boxto serve as a mat forthe foot-rest. When the front 'wall is openeddown-to the floor it forms a protection for the carpet or other "floorcoverin The bath-tub may be supplied-with water through any suitablelumbin connections.

33 designate the usual bibs inside the bathtub. Saidplumbing connectionswill be understood by anyone skilled in the art and are therefore notillustrated in detail hereln.

34 is alid for the receptacle 16-.

In practical use, when the article is closed as indicated ii1 Fig.- 1,the'same bein appropriately upholstered, forms an attractlve couch whichmaybe used as abed as ooforming a recep- I I drawn out and its notshown, together with taken with the usual convenience; the towels andother appliancesbeing accessible when the lid and front wall are laidopen. To use the commode drawer will be lid25 raised. To return thearticle to the condition of acouch the box will be closed in the usualway by reversing the operation just described. When the lid is closedthetowel-rack with its towels, the mirror and swinging soap-dish, arestored out of the way inside the bath-tub. The lid may be shiftablyhinged by'means of a plate 35 fastened to the rear edge of the lid, andtwo links 36, 37, each pivoted at one end to different points on theplate and at other points on the end wall of the box. 38 is a spring forone of the links. The link 37 is pivoted to theend of the box by pivot39 and to the lid by pivot 40, and the link 36 is pivoted to the box bypivot 41 and to the lid by pivot 42. The pivot may be locatedequidistant from the inner face and the rear. edge of the lid, and thepivot 42 is preferably located at a like distance from the inner faceofthe lid. The pivot 39 is the commode,

preferably located vertically below the mid dle of-the lid when. saidlid is raised, and the pivot 41 is preferably located at a point belowthe topv of v tance at which the pivot 39 is located from the rear ofthe box. By this'construction, from the position shown in Fig. 3, thelinks, operate to carry the rear edge of the lid backward as the lideled ends 8 and 71 closed and also pivoting the closes without throwingthe rear corner of the lid back from the vertical line drawn from therear of the box. By this means the boxlid when closed and when'openwillstand .flush with the rear of the box. The rear of the box-may be withor without a'wall. In Fig. 3 the back wall'for the box is shown asformedby the wall of a room. The spring 38 tends to hold the link 37forward, thus tending to hold the lid open. The box may be covered orupholstered in any way, and said covering 43 may be folded on the bevofthe end walls and the 11d. By means of the shifting hinge the insidewall of the lid when raised maybe brought flush with the inside of theback of the tub so that any drip from the lid will fall directly intothe tub the link 37 to a lid, said lid being of definite near the facethereof that is inverted when the lid is link to the box at a distancefrom the rear thereof, equal to half the thickness of the lid, andpivoting the other link to the lid above the'pivot of the firstmentioned link 37 when the lid carpet covering 7 box inclosingthe thebox equal to the dis-- and not on the rim ,thereof. This result iseffected by. Lpivoting is upright and pivoting the other end of saidlink in Fig. 3.

What I claim is v 1. A bath tub, a box inclosing the bath tub, thebottom of the box being adapted to rest flat upon the door, the frontside of said box being hinged to swing down flat upon the floor and forma protection for the floor, and the top of the box being hinged to swingupwardly and form a holder for toilet articles, the front face of thetop when in its vertical position being in position to drain into thebath tub. I

2. 'A bath tub, a box inclosing the bath tub, the bottom of the boxbeing adapted to rest flat upon the floor, the front side of the boxbeing hinged to the bottom of the box and adapted tofold flat upon thefloor, and the inner face of said front side and overlapping the edge ofthe bottom of the. box to form a protection for the 3. A bath tub havinga sloping head, a bath tub and having a front side adapted to swing flatupon the floor, a head, and a lid for .the box for covering the bathtub, said hinged front giving access to the shelf and also forming aprotection for the floor.

4. A bath tub provided with a sloping head, a box inc'losuing the bathtub, the front side of the box being hinged to fiat upon the floor andto give access to the space beneath the sloping head, and a lid forcovering the bath tub.

v5. A bath-tub, a box inclosing said bathtub, the end walls of said boxextending forwardly' beyond the edge of the floor of the box and beingbeveled at their front edges, the front wall of said box being hinged tosaid floor of said box and adapted to swing fiat upon the floor of theapartment and beveled at its ends to fit the beveled ends of the endwalls of the box, and means for holding the front wall of the boxupright in closed position.

' 6. A combination article of furniture comprising a bathtub, a boxinclosing the same and provided with a lid spaced-apart from the end ofthe bath tub and extending to the top of the bath said space, a drawerin side of the partition a out of the same through box and provided withsaid space upon one dapted' to be drawn a chamber and a the end wall ofthe 4 3.6 to the box forwardly, as seen shelf in the box under thesloping tub, a vertical partition in r erforated seat, a cover for thespace upon the other side of the partition, and a cover for theerforated seat.

7. A ath-tub, a box inclosing the same and provided with an upholsteredlid, and a shifting hinge shiftably hinging the upholstered lid tothebody of the box to bring the edge of the lid and top of the lid flushinto the bath tub.

thickness and a shiftin with the edge of the box in closed and openposition, respectively, the rear wall of the tub being spaced from therear wall of the box to accommodate the lid when raised so that thefront face of the lid will drain 8. The combination with a bath-tub, ofa box provided with a lid of determined hinge connecting said lid withthe body of t e box and adapted to shift the lid to bring the edge andthe to thereof approximately flush with the bac of the box'when the lidis in its closed and its. open positions respectively; so that when thelid is elevated itsfront face will drain into the bath tub; said lidcomprising a link pivoted to the inside edge of the lid and also pivotedto the box at a distance from the rear side thereof, equal to half thethickness of the lid, and another link pivoted to the lid above thepivot when the lid is upright and pivoted to the box in front of ,saidupright lid, and a spring fastened to the box and tothe first named linkto draw said link forward.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California this

